Bufford v. CMH Manufacturing INC. et al

Filing 6

RULING AND ORDER adopting 5 Report and Recommendation of the U.S. Magistrate Judge and granting 2 Motion to Remand Case to 23rd JDC filed by Lora D. Bufford. (certified copy mailed to appropriate judicial district court). Signed by Chief Judge Brian A. Jackson on 03/12/2014. (CGP)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA

LORA D. BUFFORD

CIVIL ACTION

VERSUS
CLAYTON HOMES, ET AL

NO.: 13-448-BAJ

RULING AND ORDER

Before the Court is a Motion to Remand (Doc. 2), filed by Plaintiff Lora D.
Bufford, seeking an order from this Court remanding the above-captioned matter to the
Nineteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana.
Defendants Clayton Homes, Clayton Homes of Gonzales, CMH Manufacturing,
Inc., and JEBCO, Inc. (collectively “Defendants”) oppose the motion. (Doc. 4.)
On January 14, 2014, United States Magistrate Judge Richard L. Bourgeois, Jr.
issued a Report and Recommendation, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B),
recommending that Plaintiffs’ Motion to Remand be granted. (Doc. 5.)
After carefully considering Plaintiff’s Motion to Remand, Defendants’ Opposition
to the Motion to Remand, the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation, to
which no objections have been filed, the record, and the applicable law, the Court
concludes that the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation is correct, and
hereby adopts its findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendation.
Accordingly,

23rd JDC - Parish of Ascension- State of Louisiana

IT

IS

ORDERED

that

Magistrate

the

Judge’s

Report

and

Recommendation (Doc. 5) is ADOPTED as the Court’s opinion herein.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the above-captioned matter is REMANDED
to the Twenty-third Judicial District Court, Parish of Ascension, State of Louisiana.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, March 12, 2014.

BRIAN A. JACKSON, CHIEF JUDGE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA

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